Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga is leaving January 17, he said in a Friday statement, which could give Republicans a head start on what could otherwise have been months of delay in redirecting the regulator’s policies — including on cryptocurrency. At this point, Caroline Crenshaw will be the sole Democrat on the five-member commission going into 2025, and her term has already expired, putting her into an extension that can last as long as about 18 months.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/22/another-sec-democrat-to-drop-out-leaving-republicans-running-agency-by-february/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines